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Remain voters are left with no choice but to ignore Labour next week | Jonathan Freedland

May 17th, 2019 Jonathan Freedland

Change UK’s launch may have been hamfisted, but the Lib Dems and Greens still offer viable alternatives

Shall we take a nostalgic trip back to the distant past of two weeks ago? You’ll remember there were local elections in England, in which the pro-Brexit parties took a pasting, while the anti-Brexit parties surged. You might also recall how the main parties interpreted those results: they hailed them as a heartfelt plea from the voters to get on with Brexit.